From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/26808 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Metafun - Metapost capacity exceeded Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:12:53 +0200 Message-ID: <44337C05.9000403@wxs.nl> References: <4432AA22.2020606@gmx.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144224795 17258 80.91.229.2 (5 Apr 2006 08:13:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 08:13:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Apr 05 10:13:12 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FR38O-0002Jd-Cs for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:13:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E605127A1; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:13:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 07691-04-3; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:12:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E00D612784; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:12:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C432812784 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:12:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 07691-04-2 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:12:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id F1DEF1276F for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:12:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 11178 for ; Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:12:53 +0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <4432AA22.2020606@gmx.net> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:26808 Archived-At: Thomas Engel wrote: > Hello Hans, > > > this is the message I got after running texexec pro_mcc_a3.tex. > As you can see I have increased the memory size for mp. > I have attached the two tex-files. > Maybe there is a mistake in the mp-code. A pdf-file will be produced, > but if you check the output you will see, that one cubicle is missing! > ok, i stripped down the sample to one image and coul dgenerate a page (btw \twodigitMPoutput will make mem usage less but also the quality) now, the problem is in the way you define your graphic: def Whatever () = save SomePicture ; picture SomePicture ; lots of draws SomePicture := currentpicture ; SomePicture % return value end here you *never* erase the currentpicture, so graphic keeps accumulating, and each SomePicture has all previous draws you can see that on the screen: acrobat takes ages to draw the simple graphic and you can also see it from the mp output (a couple of 100K lines). solution: def Whatever () = save SomePicture ; picture SomePicture ; lots of draws SomePicture := currentpicture ; currentpicture := nullpicture ; % ADDED SomePicture % return value end or just def Whatever () = image ( lots of draws ) end So ... Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------